1st grade
Word Families: -ap, -in, -ut
Fifteen words to sort into the -ap, -in and -ut houses: cap, map and nap, fin and pin, cut and nut.
Phonics worksheet · Rhyming and word families
Word Families: -et, -en, -ot
Ten starting letters and three more word families. Kids build real words like jet, hen and pot and write them in each house.
- Grade level
- 1st grade
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Rhyming, Word families, Onset and rime, Reading by analogy
What kids do
“Put a letter from the letter bank in front of each word family. Write every real word you can make!”
Printed on the sheet:
- Pick one of your words. Write it and draw it!
Words on this sheet
Letter bank-et-en-otetenot
Teacher tip
Try each letter in the bank and keep only the real words.
How to use it
- Ask kids to think of a rhyme before they look at the word bank.
- Use a word family slider made from a paper strip.
- Say every word on the sheet together before kids start, stretching the sounds.
Watch for
Kids who make silly words and count them as real. Ask them to use the word in a sentence.
Talk about it
- Can you make a silly word with this ending?
- How did you figure out that word?
Take it further
Read a rhyming picture book and list the word families you hear.
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